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Batman…Uh, I Mean John Connor is About to Waste This Terminator

We showed you the teaser trailer for Terminator Salvation on Wednesday, but like most teasers for these types of movies, you get a lot of flash but not a lot of robot. However, a new still image was released today that gives you a little better taste of the action-like Christian Bale pinning a Terminator…

Movies Sean Fallon

Get Fired Up For Watchmen With Some New Pics

Mega-classic graphic novel Watchmen sounds sort of like a soap opera when you try to explain it to mainstream people. That’s the lesson I’ve learned from reading Entertainment Weekly’s first big article about Zack Snyder’s movie adaptation. Sally’s mom forced her into the spandex life! She’s trapped in a dead-end relationship with the blue guy,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Periodic Table of Elements, in Videos

What do you get when you mix a frizzy-haired, grandfatherly chemist with his younger, cackling, explosion-loving sidekick? The Periodic Table of Videos! Put together by a team at the University of Nottingham in the UK, this gargantuan effort of 118 short vids chronicled everything from Hydrogen (very explosive) to Oxygen (also very explosive) to Sodium…

io9 Michael Reilly

Spock Till You Drop, With New Star Trek Posters

Here’s our first look at Zachary Quinto as Spock, from J.J. Abrams’ new Star Trek sequel/prequel/reboot-apalooza. This is one of four posters that will be available at Comic-Con next weekend, representing the only official Star Trek presence at the event. The posters, which premiered in the new Entertainment Weekly, also include Chris Pine’s Kirk, Zoe…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

In 30 Years, Artificial Wombs Mean No More Abortions

When you ask scientists to predict the future, they don’t scrimp on the weirdness. A recent article in Nature included predictions from a number of researchers asked to speculate about how humans will reproduce in 30 years. Scott Gelfland of the Ethics Center at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater said he thought the development of…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Futurist Japanese Artists Show Us Life in the Next Century

Welcome back to MangoBot, a biweekly column about Asian futurism by TokyoMango blogger Lisa Katayama. There’s a lot of buzz about Japanese contemporary artists these days. Takashi Murakami’s super-cute, superflat alien-like characters are on everything from Louis Vuitton bags to the pages of io9. But he isn’t the first or only Japanese artist on our…

io9 LISA KATAYAMA

Barbie Releases Street-Walker Black Canary Doll

You never really realize how unpractical a superhero outfit is until you see it in real life. Barbie’s new superhero collection debuts with DC Comic’s sonic-screaming badass Black Canary, in all her fish leggy glory (suitable for collectors above the age of 14). I forgot how ridiculously slutty Dinah could look (although I’m sure I’ll…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Has SciFi Finally Worked Its Way To Hollywood’s Big Kids Table?

Dark Knight’s Oscar buzz has been circling since the first “Why So Serious?” ad. And now that some science fiction television series garnered a handful of Emmy nominations yesterday, people are wondering if this could be the year the red-headed stepchild of the entertainment industry gets a well deserved pat on the back from Hollywood.…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Five Ways Technology Has Changed the Olympics

Click to view When the Summer Olympics kick off in Beijing next month, they will be very different from the Olympics held eight or even four years ago. From weather control to laser timing devices, technology is having an impact on the Olympics in a profound way. Supercomputers and weather control – The Beijing Meteorological…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

Comic-Con Sold Out

Hopefully you weren’t planning to make any last-minute plans for next week’s San Diego Comic-Con, because for the first time in the show’s history, all four days of the show are sold out before the con even begins. You may think that the organizers would be happy about that, but as Comic-Con International’s Director of…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Best Superhero Penis Joke Ever

Act 2 of Joss “Firefly” Whedon’s online supervillain musical Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog arrived on the innerwebs yesterday, and it was a great moment in evil. We get a lot more mugging from Captain Hammer (Nathan Fillion), as he begins dating Penny, the love of Dr. Horrible’s life. In this clip, Hammer drops by the…

Television Annalee Newitz

Spider-Man Finally To Lose Virginity

In all of his forty-plus years of comics, movies, cartoons and video-games, there’s never quite been a Spider-Man story like Brian Michael Bendis’ Ultimate Spider-Man Annual for 2008. Instead of fighting supervillains, dealing with his Aunt May’s never-ending heart attacks or having money problems, it’s time for Peter Parker to finally become a man… by…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Lost Season Five May Be Different Than You Expected

It’s our last chance to post Dark Knight spoilers before most people have already seen the new Batman film, so we link to a ridiculously detailed obsessive-compulsive recap of the entire film. We also have some new intriguing hints about Star Wars: Clone Wars and Terminator 4. Also, the producers of Lost teased the show’s…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

The Original Max Smart Vs. The Cylons

Maxwell Smart chases a one-eyed killer… straight into a Cylon battlezone out of Battlestar Galactica, in this clip from the 1980 Get Smart movie The Nude Bomb. Sadly, it turns out Cylons don’t stand up to primitive gunfire as well as you’d think. Nude Bomb just came out on DVD, and I pretty much bought…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Time Travel Agency Posters for Your Favorite Eras

If you’re a time traveler who likes literate kids, we’ve got a deal for you. For a limited time, Echo Park Time Travel Mart will send you to the historical (or future) destination of your dreams, for the low price of $19.99 — with all proceeds going to a nonprofit that helps kids learn to…

io9 Annalee Newitz

io9’s (Semi) Annotated Picks for Comic-Con

We’re gearing up for Comic-Con next week, joining the over 100 thousand other nerds who are converging on San Diego to find out what the studios, publishers and toymakers have in store for us next year. All your editors will be there — Annalee Newitz (that would be me), Charlie Jane Anders, Meredith Woerner, and…

io9 Annalee Newitz

What Would It Take To Bring Alien Invasions Back?

Remember alien invasions? Strange creatures from beyond the stars, showing up on Earth and attempting to subjugate the heck out of us? Wasn’t that cool? What ever happened to those would-be dominators anyway? The only recent alien invasion movie I can think of was the Nicole Kidman Invasion… which is best forgotten anyway. What would…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Arnold Will Be In T4 After All (Sort Of)

Meet the face of the T-800 model that started this whole robots-killing-people saga. Finally we can put the great Terminator Salvation-versus-Arnold Schwarzenegger debate to rest. Yes, Arnold will be in T4 – in spirit. Find out more about the origins of the T-800 and spoilers after the jump. Roland Kickinger, Austrian bodybuilder was outed in…

io9 Meredith Woerner

KITT’s Cylon Laser Saves The Day: Exclusive Look At Knight Rider Script

The new Knight Rider series will be every bit as cheesy as last winter’s TV movie, judging from the script for a road-racing episode. The good news is, KITT is a car of many talents. Including a 3-D “inkjet” printer that can create a fake key for any car, a special spray that can stop…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Sin City Rip-Off Series Boggles The Mind

Why would anyone want to make a poor man’s Sin City? Looking like it was filmed in someone’s garage, a new show in development called Dead End City has a host of “sexy” ladies wearing outfits from a box of old Halloween costumes. The show’s ancient main character is Murphy, played by Gary Graham from…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Batman…Uh, I Mean John Connor is About to Waste This Terminator

Get Fired Up For Watchmen With Some New Pics

The Periodic Table of Elements, in Videos

Spock Till You Drop, With New Star Trek Posters

In 30 Years, Artificial Wombs Mean No More Abortions

Futurist Japanese Artists Show Us Life in the Next Century

Barbie Releases Street-Walker Black Canary Doll

Has SciFi Finally Worked Its Way To Hollywood’s Big Kids Table?

Five Ways Technology Has Changed the Olympics

Comic-Con Sold Out

Best Superhero Penis Joke Ever

Spider-Man Finally To Lose Virginity

Lost Season Five May Be Different Than You Expected

The Original Max Smart Vs. The Cylons

Time Travel Agency Posters for Your Favorite Eras

io9’s (Semi) Annotated Picks for Comic-Con

What Would It Take To Bring Alien Invasions Back?

Arnold Will Be In T4 After All (Sort Of)

KITT’s Cylon Laser Saves The Day: Exclusive Look At Knight Rider Script

Sin City Rip-Off Series Boggles The Mind

China’s Biggest Social Media Celebrity Is… Kris Jenner?

Up to $1,550 Off on pCloud: Pay Once, Protect Data Forever for World Backup Day

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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